The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph below illustrates the proportion of owned and rented houses in England and Wales over a period of 93

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.

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, there are more rented

households

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than owned in all the

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except for 1971. Before 1971 the

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of owned

households

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decreased over the

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, and

after

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this

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year, it started to increase. In 1918 there were approximately 78% rented

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households

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and 22% owned houses. In the next two

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the proportion remained stable at 69% and 31% for rented and owned

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respectively. Between 1953 and 1961 the

number

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of rented

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accommodation

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accommodations

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dropped by 10%, which is the same amount

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which the

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accommodation

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increased. In 1971, both types of

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split equally, 50% each,

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in the next ten

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years

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the rented

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rose steadily by 10% to 60%. Between 1981 and 2001 the

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owned

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accommodation

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went down to just above 20%.

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,

at the end

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of the period, the

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of owned

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rose by 5% to approximately 36%, with a drop in rented

accommodation

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to 64%.